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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Why do projects end on a deadline? Sounds like something died. No project manager would like to think their project is dead. They would say it is something living.

Lines don’t die or end. Lines stretch into infinite. In fact, the etymology of the word “deadline” is from the Civic War where if prisoners crossed a line they were shot dead. And that’s what we are referring to when we complete a project- shooting people!

Introducing Livecircle

If you look at the steps, you’ll see the idea goes full circle from imagination to creation. At Recognize, when we complete a project, we call it a “Livecircle”. It is our word for describing when a project is complete. The reason for the word circle is the final deliverable is a tangible item of the first idea. Clearly, a project doesn’t die on a line, it lives after a full orbit around a workflow.

From now on, let’s agree to stop using the word deadline. It is negative and boring. As we continue to charge into the age of technological enlightenment, it is time to think towards a positive future and use words to back that up. Just as if you force yourself to smile, you’ll begin to naturally smile, let’s use words the describe the present and the future we want to create.

Recognize Points are unlike any other recognition program. Our competitors have companies pay for points to be given out to staff. The status quo in employee recognition is to then have the staff get stuff with the points. With that comes red tape surrounding recognition. Furthermore, monetary rewards often hinder performance (1). We believe recognition should be light and fun. That means points should symbolize friendly competition between teams as well as show progression in positive events. Recognize stands out, because no other program provides this strategy.

Recognize Points give staff a chance to be the best every month

Recognize employee recognition platform engages staff by focusing on motivating beyond cash incentives. We learned from our customers that they were looking for a sense of journey, or a way to feel accomplishment each month. To help achieve this, we created the Recognize Points.

The stats page is focused on the user

The stats page will show the current user no matter where they are in the leaderboard. Users can focus on winning to the next spot. Now that points reset, staff members always have a chance to rise up.

Recognize continues to be the best at helping companies find ways to intrinsically motivate their workforce.